Biography

Toyooki Sonoda, MD, is an Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College and an Associate Attending Surgeon at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. Dr. Sonoda treats a wide variety of colon and rectal diseases, such as colon and rectal cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, diverticular disease, benign conditions of the anus, and functional problems such as rectal prolapse and incontinence. He is known for his outstanding technical skills and is an expert in minimally invasive colon and rectal surgery. He has lectured nationally and internationally on these procedures.

Dr. Sonoda graduated from Stanford University in 1989, and received his medical degree in 1993 from Yale University School of Medicine. He performed his postdoctoral training in general surgery at UC San Francisco until 1995, and completed his training at The Cleveland Clinic Foundation in 1998. His subsequent specialty training included a minimally invasive colon and rectal surgery fellowship at the Mount Sinai Medical Center from 1998-9, and a fellowship in colon and rectal surgery at The Cleveland Clinic Foundation from 1999-2000. He then traveled to Japan to help develop a laparoscopic gastric surgery program in 2000 in Osaka, Japan.

Dr. Sonoda has been practicing at New York Presbyterian Hospital since 2001, and is currently the Residency Director for the combined New York Presbyterian Hospital/Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Colon and Rectal Surgery Residency Program. He is also the Director of the Greenberg 14 North Gastrointestinal Surgery floor.

Dr. Sonoda was named by Castle Connolly and US News & World Report in 2011-13 as one of "America's Top Doctors," and was recognized as one of "America's Top Surgeons" in 2014 by the Consumers' Research Council of America. He has been named by Castle Connolly as a "New York Super Doctor" yearly from 2008 - 15, and has been a recipient of the "Patient's Choice Award (2008-14)" and "Most Compassional Doctor Award (2012-13)." For his outstanding work in patient care, he was awarded the 2014 "Physician of the Year" award at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical College.

Area of Expertise

Intestinal Fistula Surgery

Computer Assisted Surgery (CAS)

Complex Pelvic Surgery

Complex Anal Fistula Disease

Bowel-Sparing Strictureplasty

Bowel Dysfunction

Anal Sphincter Incontinence

Colorectal Surgery

Colorectal Cancer

Min Invasive Colorectal Surgery

Ileostomy

Bowel Obstruction

Laparoscopic Colectomy

Hemorrhoids

Diverticulitis

Laparoscopic Colon Resection

Rectal Disorders

Crohn's Disease

Rectal Surgery

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD)

Laparoscopic Surgery

Laparoscopic Colon Surgery

Colon Diseases

Rectal Cancer

Anal Fissures

Rectal Prolapse

Fissures

Anal Cancer

Inflammation Of The Colon

Sphincter Saving Operations

Fecal Incontinence

Minimally Invasive Surgery

Sphincter Sparing Surgery

Ulcerative Colitis

Rectal Carcinoma

Colectomies

Hemorrhoidectomy

Bowel Surgery

Minimal Access Surgery

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Aetna [Weill Cornell Employee Plan]

Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield [EPO, HMO, PPO]

Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield [EPO, HMO, PPO]

Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield [EPO, HMO, PPO]

Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield [EPO, HMO, PPO]

Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield [EPO, HMO, PPO]

Medicaid

Medicare

Oxford Health Plans [Freedom, Liberty]

Oxford Health Plans [Freedom, Liberty]

Oxford Health Plans [Metro/Core/Charter (HMO)]

POMCO

Rockefeller University - CoreSource

UnitedHealthcare [Compass (Exchange), EPO, HMO, POS, PPO]

UnitedHealthcare [Compass (Exchange), EPO, HMO, POS, PPO]

UnitedHealthcare [Compass (Exchange), EPO, HMO, POS, PPO]

UnitedHealthcare [Compass (Exchange), EPO, HMO, POS, PPO]

UnitedHealthcare [Compass (Exchange), EPO, HMO, POS, PPO]

VNSNY CHOICE

Education

1993 Yale School of Medicine

Internship: 1994 University of California San Francisco Medical Center